Pregnant Women Should Limit Tuna Consumption

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Is it alright to eat tuna while I´m pregnant?

Pregnant Women Should Limit Tuna Consumption

Pregnant women who eat too much tuna risk exposing their unborn babies' developing brains to possibly harmful mercury levels, but there is no need for the women to cut the highly nutritious fish out of their diets altogether.

Two six-ounce cans of tuna per week is fine if that's the only fish they eat, or a single six-ounce can if other seafood, which also can contain mercury, is part of their diet.

   

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